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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Social Security Administration OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Social Security Administration OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Social Security Administration
Report Number
A-02-21-51026
Report Description

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s eligibility and payment determinations for Supplemental Security Income recipients who owned trusts were accurate.

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
5
Questioned Costs
$213,252
Funds for Better Use
$0

Open Recommendations

This report has 3 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
3 No $0 $0 Agree

Establish system controls to ensure FO employees submit their trust determinations in the Supplemental Security Income Trust Monitoring System for review and resolve any disagreements raised by the reviews before completing their final trust determinations in SSA’s systems.

4 No $0 $0 Disagree

Determine whether employees with the legal training and abilities needed to evaluate the impact trusts outlined in complex legal documents have on recipients’ SSI eligibility and payment amounts would make more accurate trust-related determinations. If they would make more accurate determinations, have those employees make them.

5 No $0 $0 Disagree

Establish metrics and controls to ensure for the timely review of FO employees’ trust determinations.

Social Security Administration OIG

United States